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horseshoe crab
noun
- a large marine arthropod, Limulus polyphemus, of shallow coastal waters of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having both compound and simple eyes, book gills, a stiff tail, and a brown carapace curved like a horseshoe: a living fossil related to the woodlouse.
horseshoe crab
noun
- any marine chelicerate arthropod of the genus Limulus, of North America and Asia, having a rounded heavily armoured body with a long pointed tail: class Merostomata Also calledking crab
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Word History and Origins
Origin of horseshoe crab1
First recorded in 1765–75
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Example Sentences
Perhaps the skate may use them to walk around on the bottom of the ocean, as a horseshoe crab uses his legs for walking.
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But the king- or horseshoe-crab has still no true jaws, but uses the upper joints of its legs for chewing.
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I thought of a horseshoe crab, stranded on its back and kicking helplessly.
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Indian arrow-heads, for any ocean curiosities except a sea-urchin and a horseshoe crab.
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I dug some clams at low water and caught a big horseshoe crab.
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